Lowlife

Lowlife is a toolkit for old school RPGs about delving into tunnels, trenches, and mines

Inside, you’ll find systems and consequences for caving, climbing, and tunneling – all the horrible ways you might explore, and die, down in the dark. Includes procedures for generating cave networks or making existing dungeons denser and more interconnected. If you want your underground spaces to be even more dangerous and maze-like, these tools are for you.

Hazards, challenges, and dangers of the underground. From firedamp to the gutter lung, there are all manner of threats beneath the surface. Flora, fauna, and fungi of the rugged hills and caves – 20-odd monsters, plants, and mushrooms that you can add to your game. Features items, both commonplace and rare, to use in the tunnels – items like dynamite, air bladders, miner’s nosebags, and singing holler-hammers. Lastly, you’ll discover bits of worldbuilding, and aesthetic scattered throughout. Enough to help you catch the vibes, but nothing overwhelming or lore demanding.